2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hughes · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hughes
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family life in Hughes is dominated by couples with children, who make up 66.2% of all families. This makes it a place where larger households are common, though the typical home size remains similar to the rest of the territory.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Hughes — higher than 57% of areas.
| Hughes | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2605, ACT | 2.6 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here typically house 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. About 25.6% of residents live alone, a figure that is about the same as both the ACT and the national average.
25.6% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Hughes splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (26%), with 4 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Hughes consist of couples with children, while one-parent families make up 9.7%. This proportion is a little below the territory figure and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
9.7% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hughes, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Hughes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80076/hughes/topic/family-households